I cannot do it (excuses excuses I know) if there is no purpose. Exercise sake I find the most boring thing in the world and just don't do it although I know I should.
Excercise to get somewhere on the other hand - not a problem. When I lived a 40minute bike ride from work, I enjoyed it and looked forward to it.
When the daughter lived 30 minutes walk from school would walk her to school and run back (15 minutes - took a longer detour). Again, I enjoyed it.
If I need to go the shops, I'll walk and enjoy it.
All went to post last year when got a crippling injury and could barely walk. Now with the youngest child also needing to get to nursery not the time in the morning to walk daughter to school and I know work from home. Now that I have to force myself to do excercise for exercise sake, I do nothing
"I cannot do it (excuses excuses I know) if there is no purpose. Exercise sake I find the most boring thing in the world and just don't do it although I know I should."
You owe it to your friends and neighbors.
Never mind the health benefits or nicer looks or fitting into smaller clothes - you owe it to everyone around you to be able to:
- run for help
- carry a body
- move debris or pull a hose or help push a car
- (etc.)
If you have any expectation at all of being taken seriously and held as an equal by the people around you, this is the minimum set of capabilities.
If for not other reason than the fact that attractive and in-shape people have more opportunities and there is a clear bias in their favor should be enough of a reason.
I feel the same way - just exercising is boring. However, I found that doing other things in which my body moves is quite enjoyable. A couple of examples are martial arts and Zumba class. I took up martial arts in my 30's and after a couple of years I was able to take my shirt off at the 4th of July party without shame. My current drive is to got to Zumba dance class at the gym a couple of nights a week. I get to listen to some loud upbeat music and learn a couple of dance moves along the way. And since I'm at the gym anyway, I'll generally do a couple of the muscle machines too.
Excercise to get somewhere on the other hand - not a problem. When I lived a 40minute bike ride from work, I enjoyed it and looked forward to it.
When the daughter lived 30 minutes walk from school would walk her to school and run back (15 minutes - took a longer detour). Again, I enjoyed it.
If I need to go the shops, I'll walk and enjoy it.
All went to post last year when got a crippling injury and could barely walk. Now with the youngest child also needing to get to nursery not the time in the morning to walk daughter to school and I know work from home. Now that I have to force myself to do excercise for exercise sake, I do nothing